Films and Levels. Human Being Theory applied

Jacob Feldman

Every serious course contains a textbook and a problem-solving book. This is a solving-problems book after textbook named “Human Being Theory (for Dummies)”. Author analyzes 15 selected films (1994—2016) using concepts of levels and temperaments from the textbook.

Films and Levels

Human Being Theory applied

Jacob Feldman

© Jacob Feldman, 2017

ISBNВ 978-5-4483-4906-5

Created with intellectual publishing system Ridero

Preface

Storytelling versus problem solving

This book, named Films and Levels (FLS), is a sequel after my previous book, named «[битая ссылка] Human Being Theory (for Dummies)” (HBT)

HBT contains many ideas and aВ few examples.

FLS contains many examples and retells briefly relevant pieces ofВ HBT.

It is easy toВ describe aВ problem briefly after it is formalized. But it is impossible toВ describe it briefly before good formalizing.

So what?

IВ have found aВ tricky solution. IВ use films as aВ raw material. IВ use only modern popular films. They are easy toВ find. Watching the film usually takes less time than reading the book with the same plot.

While watching the film inВ aВ theater you cannot stop the moment, but when you watch it at home with computer, youВ can. You can watch it at home as many times as you need. When discussing such films IВ could be sure that we both discuss the same raw material.

Films

What is aВ film? It is aВ message from authors toВ aВ viewer. Suppose you are the viewer. Did you understand the message completely? Did you understand it correct?

Some part of the message targets to your subconscious, other – to your consciousness. Would you like to open all information of the message to your consciousness?

If yes, this book could helpВ you. Some people just enjoy films. Other want toВ understand the message.

ToВ understand is theВ key.

Levels

Imagine broadcasting. ToВ catch certain broadcast the receiver must be tuned toВ aВ specific frequency. The same thing happens inВ human communication.

My idea is that there are only eight allowed frequencies for human communication. IВ call them levels.

For the first time these levels were described byВ Clare W. Graves inВ the middle ofВ XX century. He called them levels ofВ existence. Graves died inВ 1986. InВ 1989В me, Jacob Feldman, though never knew about Graves and his levels ofВ existence, described the same levels as levels ofВ attention or levels ofВ abstract intelligence.

Levels ofВ Graves and levels ofВ Feldman work inВ different models and it makes their meanings different. But they describe the same reality. From this moment, levels are levels byВ Feldman.

In 1996, Don Beck and Christopher Cowan published a book called Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership, and Change (Exploring the New Science of Memetics). In this book, Graves’ model was retold briefly. And new strange scale of colors was added to the model.

After this book was published, Wilber (holder ofВ Integral Approach brand) got acquainted toВ the model, appreciated it and included it into his own Pantheon ofВ Models about Human.

If you want toВ know inВ aВ few words what is the difference between Levels-by-Feldman and Levels-byGraves-Beck-Wilber, the answer is as follows.

ByВ Feldman

(1) There are eight levels ofВ attention.

(2) For every level, there are tasks with the certain structure.

(3) Every task has its best level

(4) Every adult person has four favorite levels; they are immutable and form his/her profile.

(5) Nobody never changes his/her profile byВ plan, wish, or work. Sometimes people change their profiles after personal disaster.

(6) There are strong conclusions about age-of-child and epoch-of-history

ByВ Graves-Beck-Wilber

(1) No new ideas about attention.

(2) Nothing about tasks.

(3) An axiom: higher level is better for everyВ task.

(4) An axiom: every person or group has one and only one current level.

(5) An axiom: toВ change the level you need toВ good your own work inВ good envirenment. Hire couch toВ ge